1936 Walker Cup

Golf tournament April 2022 Walker Cup 1936 September 2–3, 1936 Pine Valley Golf Club Pine Valley, New Jersey USA GB&I Francis Ouimet William Tweddell 9 0 United States wins The 1936 Walker Cup, the 9th Walker Cup Match, was played on September 2 and 3, 1936, at Pine Valley Golf Club, Pine Valley, New Jersey. The United States won by 9 matches to 0 with 3 matches halved.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-ZlAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=W6UMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5807%2C595005 Glasgow Herald September 4, 1936 American easily retains Walker Cup 11https://walkercup.co.uk/1936-pine-valley/ 1936 – Pine Valley walkercup.co.uk December 10, 2018 Format Four 36-hole matches of foursomes were played on Wednesday and eight singles matches on Thursday. Each of the 12 matches was worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match was all square after the 36th hole extra holes were not played. The team with most points won the competition. If the two teams were tied, the previous winner would retain the trophy. Teams The United States team of 11 was announced in April. Francis Ouimet was the captain and was given the option of whether to play himself or not.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5lVRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KTQNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1595%2C3298772 Glasgow Herald April 22, 1936 American Walker Cup defenders 6 The day before the match started he announced that he had decided not to play, to give the younger players a chance and that all the other 10 members of the team would play in either the foursomes or the singles.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=95lAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=W6UMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6256%2C254800 Glasgow Herald September 2, 1936 Francis Ouimet's decision 11 Six members of the Great Britain and Ireland team were announced in late May, before the Amateur Championship. These were William Tweddell, the captain, Bentley, Langley, Lucas, McLean and Thomson.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1plAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WKUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4524%2C4158418 Glasgow Herald May 26, 1936 Walker Cup Golf Match 11 The remaining four were announced in early June.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=959AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UaUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3776%2C1104670 Glasgow Herald June 6, 1936 The Walker Cup Match 20 Tweddell did not select himself or Laddie Lucas for any of the matches. Lucas had recently had an attack of tonsilitis.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=95lAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=W6UMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6284%2C248603 Glasgow Herald September 2, 1936 International Golf 11 United States USA 70px Playing captain: Francis Ouimet Albert Campbell George Dunlap Walter Emery Johnny Fischer Harry Givan Johnny Goodman Reynolds Smith George Voigt Ed White Charlie Yates Great Britain & Ireland GBR 70px & IRL 70px Playing captain: ENG William Tweddell ENG Harry Bentley SCO Morton Dykes IRL Cecil Ewing ENG Alec Hill ENG John Langley ENG Laddie Lucas SCO Jack McLean SCO Gordon Peters SCO Hector Thomson Wednesday's foursomes The American pair of Harry Givan and George Voigt were seven up on Alec Hill and Cecil Ewing after six holes of the second round and were still three up with four to play. However, Hill and Ewing won the next three holes to level the match after 17 holes and with the last hole halved in par fours the matches was halved.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-JlAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=W6UMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5957%2C422178 Glasgow Herald September 3, 1936 America wins Walker Cup foursomes 9 GBR 50px & IRL 50px Results USA 50pxThomson/BentleyUSA 7 & 5Goodman/CampbellMcLean/LangleyUSA 8 & 7Smith/WhitePeters/DykeshalvedYates/EmeryHill/EwinghalvedGivan/Voigt 0 Foursomes 2 0 Overall 2 Thursday's singles GBR 50px & IRL 50px Results USA 50pxHector ThomsonUSA 3 & 2Johnny GoodmanJack McLeanUSA 5 & 4Albert CampbellCecil EwingUSA 8 & 7Johnny FischerAlec HillUSA 11 & 9Reynolds SmithGordon PetersUSA 1 upWalter EmeryMorton DykesUSA 8 & 7Charlie YatesHarry BentleyhalvedGeorge DunlapJohn LangleyUSA 6 & 5Ed White 0 Singles 7 0 Overall 9 References Category:Walker Cup Category:Golf tournaments in New Jersey Walker Cup Walker Cup Walker Cup